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Don’t spoil my fantasy
By Peter Funt
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] third grade teacher once wrote on my report card, “Peter is extremely average.” Accurate though the critique might have been, my parents and I felt it was a bit harsh.
Years later, the Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic for The Washington Post, Tom Shales, wrote of me: “He may be a bundle of Funt, but he’s no bundle of fun.” Deft as the turn of phrase might have been, my wife and I felt it was somewhat mean-spirited.
Those were...